NGC 6242

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NGC 6242 is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation Scorpius. It can be viewed with binoculars or a telescope at about 1.5° to the south-southeast of the double star Mu Scorpii. This cluster was discovered by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1752 from South Africa.

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